Which do you prefer, traing with a team or swimming alone? I'm not asking which one you do but rather which one you like better, so if your not on a team but would like to be answer team.
Personally I like writing my own workouts and doing what I need to work on.
Once again, swinging back and forth between the two preferences. I do both and like it that way.
On weekends, I swim with two different teams (one Sat., one Sun.), and during the week do workouts on my own.
Team +s: I get a structured workout so I can set goals; I (sometimes) get feedback, although I'd like more of that; the workouts pull me out of my comfort zone (ex. I don't like butterfly and my butterfly is soooo not ready for prime time, but if that's what's going down, I at least have to give it a try, which I might not do on my own--I get the feeling that too much uninterrupted freestyle could actually make me more likely to get injured from working only one set of muscles in one way.
Solo +s: Going my pace, setting my own goals, going at a time that works for me. And no butterfly.... :groovy:
Once again, swinging back and forth between the two preferences. I do both and like it that way.
On weekends, I swim with two different teams (one Sat., one Sun.), and during the week do workouts on my own.
Team +s: I get a structured workout so I can set goals; I (sometimes) get feedback, although I'd like more of that; the workouts pull me out of my comfort zone (ex. I don't like butterfly and my butterfly is soooo not ready for prime time, but if that's what's going down, I at least have to give it a try, which I might not do on my own--I get the feeling that too much uninterrupted freestyle could actually make me more likely to get injured from working only one set of muscles in one way.
Solo +s: Going my pace, setting my own goals, going at a time that works for me. And no butterfly.... :groovy:
